Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra | |
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The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra | |
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Estádio Municipal de Coimbra |
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place | Rua Dom Manuel I 3030-320 Coimbra , Portugal |
Coordinates | 40 ° 12 '11.9 " N , 8 ° 24' 27.5" W |
owner | City of Coimbra |
opening | September 27, 2003 |
First game | October 29, 2003 Académica Coimbra - Benfica Lisbon 1: 3 |
costs | 36,236,671 euros |
architect | Antonio Monteiro |
capacity | 29,622 seats |
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The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra ( German Municipal Stadium of Coimbra , through sponsorship agreement Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra ) is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Portuguese university city of Coimbra . It is the home ground of the Académica Coimbra football club . The stadium offers 29,622 seats. The construction costs amounted to 36,236,671 euros .
The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra hosted two preliminary round matches at the 2004 European Football Championship . The sports facility holds 29,622 spectators and was officially opened on September 27, 2003. The stadium, built by the architect António Monteiro , is owned by the city. Two thirds of the stadium is covered and was rebuilt for the European championship. The Estádio Municipal football stadium, built in 1940, was located in the same place .
In addition to the stadium, there is a swimming pool and the largest shopping center in the city. The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra was officially opened on September 27, 2003 with a concert by the Rolling Stones . The first football match took place on October 29, 2003 between Académica Coimbra and Benfica Lisbon .
Since the final of the Portuguese Football Cup 2020 cannot take place in the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras as usual due to a lack of hygiene facilities, it has been moved to Coimbra. The final between Benfica Lisbon and FC Porto has been scheduled for August 1st.
2004 European Football Championship matches in Coimbra
- 17 June 2004 Group B: England - Switzerland 3: 0 (1: 0)
- June 21, 2004, group B: Switzerland - France 1: 3 (1: 1)
Web links
- academica-oaf.pt: Stadium on the Académica Coimbra website (Portuguese)
- stadiumdb.com: Estadio Cidade de Coimbra (English)
- stadiumguide.com: Estádio EFAPEL Cidade de Coimbra (English)
- europlan-online.de: Estádio EFAPEL - Coimbra
Individual evidence
- ↑ record.pt: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra passa a ser Estádio Efapel article from June 1, 2011 (Portuguese)
- ↑ academica-oaf.pt: stadium capacity (Portuguese)
- ↑ stadiumdb.com: construction costs (English)
- ↑ Portuguese cup final must be postponed. In: stadionwelt.de. July 3, 2020, accessed July 6, 2020 .